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Early morning movie boycotts
The Right ThingMore than a week before it opened, the film "Zero Dark Thirty" began winning awards. Both the Boston Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Online tapped it as the best picture of 2012, and each also chose Kathryn Bigelow as best director...Tags: Ethics, The Hurt Locker (movie), Values, Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Navy IDs SEAL Killed in Afghanistan Hostage Rescue
CNNKabul, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Defense Department on Monday identified the SEAL killed during a successful raid to free a captive doctor in Afghanistan. Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, died Saturday during...Tags: Taliban, U.S. Department of Defense, Afghanistan, CNN (tv network), Kidnapping
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James Gandolfini's 'Not Fade Away' performance honors late father
Daytime at the Roxy nightclub on Sunset Boulevard is like being on a Disneyland ride when the lights go on and the carefully constructed illusion is exposed. It's the slightly surreal setting for James Gandolfini to talk about his recent collaboration...
Tags: Where the Wild Things Are (movie), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Nicole Holofcener, Not Fade Away (movie)
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Letters: Get it together, Republicans
Re “McConnell lies low as ‘cliff' nears,” Dec. 27 My-way-or-the-highway is no way to run a country, fellas. Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell “lies low” while House Speaker John A. Boehner won't even call members back to...Tags: Wayne LaPierre, John Boehner, Republican Party, Politics, Fiscal Cliff
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In Syrian war's end game, Moscow maneuvers away from Assad
As concerns mount that Syrian President Bashar Assad could unleash chemical weapons against his opponents, the Kremlin appears to be recalibrating its support for a desperate ally. Russia three times has wielded its veto power in the U.N. Security...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Bashar Assad, Dublin (Ireland)
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Panetta: No immediate fallout if sequestration happens
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta issued a memo to Department of Defense employees Thursday about sequestration. If the automatic budget cuts go into effect next year (and a deal might be struck to prevent it) Panetta said don't expect any immediate...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense
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Lead limits on military firing ranges outdated, report says
Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges. Moreover, the National Academy of Science reported, lead from ammunition...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, The Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Meade (military base), Aberdeen Proving Ground
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In defense of defense cuts
Now that the media are running out of engrossing revelations regarding the private lives of powerful generals and spy chiefs, we have to revert to the infinitely less entertaining topic of the "fiscal cliff" and all that it may entail. But the two...
Tags: U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions, Fiscal Cliff, Martin Dempsey, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.N. Approves Palestinian 'Observer State' Bid
CNNNew York -- The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel. The resolution elevates their status from "non-member observer...Tags: Ehud Olmert, Ban Ki-moon, Mahmoud Abbas, Ehud Barak, United Nations General Assembly
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Susan Rice withdraws from secretary of State consideration
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – Susan Rice, who came under heavy criticism for her defense of the Obama administration after armed militants killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, withdrew her name from consideration for secretary of State on Thursday as the...Tags: Susan Collins, Armed Conflicts, Lindsey O. Graham, White House, Chuck Hagel
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U.N. approves Palestinian 'observer state' bid
pix11.com | @wpixThe United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel. The resolution elevates their status from "non-member observer entity" to "non-...Tags: Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas, Ehud Barak, United Nations General Assembly, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Women service members sue over Pentagon combat exclusion policy
Four women service members, including two who received the Purple Heart for combat wounds, have sued the Defense Department over its policy that bars women from direct ground combat positions. The women, who have completed combat tours in Iraq and...Tags: The Pentagon, Defense, Crime, Law and Justice, Afghanistan, Litigation
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